This is an update of our work in Capas
Our new work in Capas continues with 3 home Bible studies per week. Two of those who attend these home Bible study classes are Luisa Simbulan and Melchor Aparayan.

Luisa and Melchor have shown great appreciation of the lessons. This has encouraged us too so we keep on teaching them, visiting their homes to encourage them to follow Jesus. We have scheduled another class with them this coming Saturday.

Update of the work in Tarlac City
Our work in Tarlac City continues with 6 more Home Bible Study classes. These classes have resulted to baptisms. As of July 29, 2007 we have baptized six souls. They are Noel Malicdem, Elsie Simbulan, Silvino Cachero, Danilo G. Martinez, Jade Policarpio and Dennis Bautista. Noel Malicdem is a civil engineer. Silvino Cachero is a retired army officer.

Jay-Jay Policarpio, the brother of Jade, is also getting interested. There are two others who are attending our studies and have kept up their interests in the lessons we taught.

Training the Disciples to serve
I have been training the members on the “hows”: How to lead prayers and how to lead songs. Others are trained to read the Scriptures and to serve at the Lord’s table.

Training them takes a lot of time and effort but patience brings forth a lot of good fruits in favor of the growth of the local church in Tarlac City.

Remains of Sister Gloria to be Buried Tomorrow

We members of Tarlac City church are busy with so many things today. We are helping the family of Sister Gloria to facilitate the burial of her remains. Sister Gloria’s burial will be on Tuesday, tomorrow afternoon.

Sister Gloria had five children. Two of them are members of the Lord’s church, one is affiliated with the “Iglesia ni Cristo,” while two have remained Roman Catholics. So, we are making negotiations with all her children, and the religious feelings and opinions of each one have to be taken into consideration. We are still requesting the prayers of Christians. Help us pray to God that peace and understanding may prevail among members of her family.

Sister Gloria Serrano, 65

Sister Gloria Serrano. Those of us who are members of the Lord’s church in Tarlac City know her as a very active Christian, and a good influence to her family too. Others must have known sister Gloria as a lively, active woman in her younger days. For she had appeared as a stunt woman in some Pinoy movies. The neighbors know sister Gloria as a hardworking mother. She was a beautician. That was after her stint in the movies. What she earned as a beautician also went to the support of her family.

I taught and baptized sister Gloria ten months ago, and from the time she became a Christian, she was faithful to her commitment to serve God. In fact because of that commitment to serve Him and to continually show forth the light that she had from Jesus, two of her sons are now active members of the church of the Lord in Tarlac City

Age sixty-five. Ten months as a Christian. God does not measure Christian service by years and by scores of years, but by the quality of that service. Even a lingering illness could not stop sister Gloria. And the Lord did not fail her. And He called her home. Sister Gloria Serrano passed to her own reward this afternoon (October 26, 2007). Through this blog, we would like to request the prayers of Christians for the family of sister Gloria that they may be strong in these times when their faith is being tried (Felix Bravo, Minister).

Hello, it’s me!

This is our first blog, and this too contains our first post. And we would like to use this page to make some announcements.

Visit Tarlac City Church’s Blog. Any information we would like to disseminate about the church will be posted on that blog. Click here: Tarlac City Church. This other blog is named Felix Bravo’s Weblog.

Visit also the Church Growth-PI website. This website carries news about the work of the Lord in this country. It also offers free downloads. Click here: Church Growth-PI.

Visit brother Ed Maquiling’s blogsites. Click here for inspirational write ups: Mountain View Church Blog. In his other blogs, Ed has a collection of sermons and notes about the sects that you can use to preach and teach. Click here: Sermons for Living, Bible Feast, Sects and Cults, Mountain View Church.

Visit also brother Pablo Lachica’s blog. Click here to visit his other blog: Church in the Valley.

Click here to visit brother Tanicala’s blog: Word Ministry.